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edoccha_9960073494902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (187 p.)
ISBN:
1-78063-018-2
Inhalt:
Measuring Academic Research outlines how to undertake a bibliometric study, a topic of vital importance in academic research today. Scientometrics studies assess scientific productivity and can be applied to all disciplines. Many analyses have been applied in relation to bibliometric studies, but few have shown how to actually carry out the analysis. This book provides a guide on how to develop a bibliometric study, from the first step in which the topic study has to be set, to the analysis and interpretation.A practical and easy to read guide on how to carry out a bibliometric
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Cover; Measuring Academic Research: How to undertake a bibliometric study; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; About the author; 1 Introduction; Bibliometrics: a science of science; Little Science, Big Science; Contemporary science; The 'end' of science and the obsolescence of literature; A closer look at bibliometric analysis; 2Descriptive analyses; Temporal evolution; Number of authors; Institutions and countries; Other indicators; 3Author production; Lotka's law; How to apply Lotka's law; 4Journal productivity; Bradford's law; Bradford's S-shape
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How to apply Bradford's lawJournal ranks; A common feature of Lotka's and Bradford's laws; 5Scientific collaborations; Collaboration index; National and international collaborations; Co-authorship index; Research networks; Invisible colleges; Note; 6Author citation analysis; Why is studying citations of interest?; Citation life; Author self-citations; Hirsch index; g-index; Co-citation analysis; Citations and research groups; 7Journal citation analysis; Immediacy index; Journal impact factor; Journal h-index; Journal self-citations; Journal cited and citing half-life; Eigenfactor metrics
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Relationships between journals and areasRelatedness index; 8Important considerations; Citation count; Impact factor and other impact indices; Possible solutions to citation count and impact factor indices; Hirsch index; Possible solutions to the h-index; 9Final considerations; Beyond the Web of Science: Scopus and Google Scholar; Current position of multidisciplinary databases; Final thoughts; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84334-528-5
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-84334-529-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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